>Number:         30722
>Category:       pkg
>Synopsis:       cannot open /dev/ptmx in Darwin8.1.0
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    pkg-manager
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Jul 11 15:47:00 +0000 2005
>Originator:     ODA Terutaka
>Release:        NetBSD 3.99.3/gnome-vfs2-2.10.1
>Organization:
>Environment:
Darwin lapis.arara.rim.or.jp 8.1.0 Darwin Kernel Version 8.1.0:
Tue May 10 18:16:08 PDT 2005; 
root:xnu-792.1.5.obj~4/RELEASE_PPC Power Macintosh powerpc


>Description:
It is patched by patch-ar not to use posix_openpt(3) in 
__APPLE__ and, as a result, opens direct "/dev/ptmx" in 
_gnome_vfs_pty_getpt().

However, posix_openpt(3) works in Darwin-8.1.0, but 
_gnome_vfs_pty_getpt() fails in "/dev/ptmx" because there is 
not it.

[lapis:sysutils/gnome-vfs2/patches] root# uname -a
Darwin lapis.arara.rim.or.jp 8.1.0 Darwin Kernel Version 8.1.0:
Tue May 10 18:16:08 PDT 2005;
root:xnu-792.1.5.obj~4/RELEASE_PPC Power Macintosh powerpc
[lapis:sysutils/gnome-vfs2/patches] root# ls -l /dev/ptmx
ls: /dev/ptmx: No such file or directory
[lapis:sysutils/gnome-vfs2/patches] root# man -k posix_openpt
grantpt(3), ptsname(3), unlockpt(3), posix_openpt(3) - 
pseudo-terminal access functions

>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix: